Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	434	331	305	-23.7 %	-7.9 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10	5	11	-50.0 %	120.0 %
21	Mining		1	1	0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	36	38	39	5.6 %	2.6 %
31	Manufacturing	227	145	95	-36.1 %	-34.5 %
42	Wholesale Trade	20	13	15	-35.0 %	15.4 %
44	Retail Trade	18	13	14	-27.8 %	7.7 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	18	39	-30.8 %	116.7 %
51	Information	1	2	1	100.0 %	-50.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	2			0.0 %	0.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	2		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	11	3	8	-72.7 %	166.7 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	1		-66.7 %	0.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	8	7	12	-12.5 %	71.4 %
61	Educational Services	6	3	3	-50.0 %	0.0 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	21	16	-8.7 %	-23.8 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	3	6	7	100.0 %	16.7 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18	10	11	-44.4 %	10.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	6	7	10	16.7 %	42.9 %
92	Public Administration	8	2	3	-75.0 %	50.0 %
99	Unclassified	6	35	19	483.3 %	-45.7 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	2	3	5	50.0 %	66.7 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	6	2	2	-66.7 %	0.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	1	1		0.0 %	0.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	1	3		200.0 %	0.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		1	1	0.0 %	0.0 %
230000	Legal Occupations		2		0.0 %	0.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	3	1	1	-66.7 %	0.0 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	1	1		0.0 %	0.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	8	3	4	-62.5 %	33.3 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	7	9	5	28.6 %	-44.4 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations		1		0.0 %	0.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	23	15	15	-34.8 %	0.0 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	4	6	3	50.0 %	-50.0 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	5	5	5	0.0 %	0.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	12	15	16	25.0 %	6.7 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	10	10	-52.4 %	0.0 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	5	13	-50.0 %	160.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	38	56	47	47.4 %	-16.1 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	19	5	12	-73.7 %	140.0 %
510000	Production Occupations	197	114	90	-42.1 %	-21.1 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	32	40	-3.0 %	25.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	2		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	41	41	34	0.0 %	-17.1 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	39	28	30.0 %	-28.2 %
	12 years	236	187	162	-20.8 %	-13.4 %
	13-15 years	148	92	100	-37.8 %	8.7 %
	Over 15 years	20	13	15	-35.0 %	15.4 %
Sex
	Male	272	219	194	-19.5 %	-11.4 %
	Female	162	112	111	-30.9 %	-0.9 %
Age
	Under age 22	14	14	16	0.0 %	14.3 %
	Age 22 to 29	69	56	59	-18.8 %	5.4 %
	Age 30 to 39	95	71	59	-25.3 %	-16.9 %
	Age 40 to 49	122	85	79	-30.3 %	-7.1 %
	Age 50 to 59	94	71	68	-24.5 %	-4.2 %
	Age 60 to 64	25	16	13	-36.0 %	-18.8 %
	Age 65 and over	15	17	11	13.3 %	-35.3 %
	Info. not available		1		0.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	411	304	274	-26.0 %	-9.9 %
	Black or African American,	4	4	1	0.0 %	-75.0 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	3	4	5	33.3 %	25.0 %
	Asian	1	2	2	100.0 %	0.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	15	17	22	13.3 %	29.4 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	389	288	259	-26.0 %	-10.1 %
	Hispanic or Latino	9	12	21	33.3 %	75.0 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	36	31	25	-13.9 %	-19.4 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	434	331	305	-23.7 %	-7.9 %
	Kittson County	15	10	14	-33.3 %	40.0 %
	Marshall County	62	39	28	-37.1 %	-28.2 %
	Norman County	9	6	14	-33.3 %	133.3 %
	Pennington County	176	123	72	-30.1 %	-41.5 %
	Polk County	71	81	99	14.1 %	22.2 %
	Red Lake County	29	36	14	24.1 %	-61.1 %
	Roseau County	72	36	64	-50.0 %	77.8 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	382	489	440	28.0 %	-10.0 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,582	1,534	1,378	-3.0 %	-10.2 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	744	685	482	-7.9 %	-29.6 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	745	684	722	-8.2 %	5.6 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	563	511	451	-9.2 %	-11.7 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	168	102	104	-39.3 %	2.0 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	935	870	751	-7.0 %	-13.7 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,860	1,696	2,097	-8.8 %	23.6 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	349	230	219	-34.1 %	-4.8 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,085	847	888	-21.9 %	4.8 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,889	1,771	1,419	-6.2 %	-19.9 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,209	10,259	9,165	-16.0 %	-10.7 %

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Perm. Layoff Initials New and reactivated applications due to a permanent loss of job.

Regular Continuing The number of ongoing applications during the week including the 12th for benefits under the regular state UI program.

Perm. Layoff Continuing The number of ongoing applications during the week including the 12th for benefits under the regular state UI program due to permanent loss of job.

Extended Continuing The number of ongoing applications during the week including the 12th for benefits under any federal or state extensions.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

April 2012

EDR 1 - Northwest